With the NBA’s lockout unlikely to end anytime soon, it is looking as if there will not be an NBA season. I, and many other NBA fans across the country and world, will be extremely disappointed if there is not a season this year. However, there is something slightly positive that could come out of this for us Knicks fans.

With a lockout taking the place of a 2011-12 NBA season, it could very well mean the Knicks will be the next NBA champions.

I don’t think it will happen, as the Miami Heat should return as favorites whenever there is an NBA season again, but it is a possibility.

With Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Deron Williams, and others set to become free agents next summer, it is very likely that the Knicks could land a big name. Chris Paul certainly seems like the most realistic possibility for the Knicks, and he would be a nearly perfect fit in New York.

As the league’s best point guard, he’d be a perfect complement to two of the most prolific scorers in the game in Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire.

Paul has averaged 10 assists per game in his career so far, and that has been in New Orleans without ever really having a great scorer along side him, so imagine the great things he could do when teaming up with the very best.

CP3, who has made three all defensive teams in New Orleans (one first team, two second teams), would also help out on the defensive side of the ball, as that is perhaps the Knicks biggest concern.

Another possible addition that could help lead the Knicks to an NBA title is Samuel Dalembert, as the nearly 7 foot tall Haitian Canadian would fill a huge hole for the Knicks at the center position.

They obviously wouldn’t need Dalembert to score, they’d just need him to do what he does best, play defense and rebound. Dalembert has averaged two blocks and over eight rebounds per game in his career, so he can do that pretty well.

Samuel would be perfect for the Knicks, as their center position has been an absolute disaster. They were starting Ronnie Turiaf last season, and no disrespect to Turiaf, but he has no business starting at center on a playoff team. Dalembert would fit right in.

So to Knicks fans everywhere, please just be patient. I want an NBA season this year as badly as you do, it just isn’t looking too great right now.

If there is indeed not a season, it could just mean that the Knicks will be the next team lifting Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

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Written by Michael Burke
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In response to “NBA Lockout Could Bring Some Positives to New York”

You said media mecca (stating the obvious) it hasn’t really attracted “free agents” in the past, why would it now? The Knicks have been a stale organization for years and those are kind words to describe this franchise. I don’t even know why I am even writing about the Knicks because nobody else is in this country. Second tier franchise at best and I’m being kind. Maybe someday that will change…maybe!

Brian, you’re kidding, right? According to “The Toast”, it’s two down, one to go. Most NBA clubs have lulls. NY is obviously a major market, making the lull a bigger deal. Cap space wise, Superman II (respecting Shaq, the orig. Superman) could come on with CP3. You’re hatin’ on my team and I’ll call security if I see you at the tickertape parade come championship time in the near future: I know your face. When you stick with your team through the lulls as I have, people like you are an eyesore at the parades. I can imagine you donned in all orange and blue, screaming your head off as if you stuck in there through the muck and mire. If you just so happen to escape from the security that I’ll sic on you, you won’t be as truly happy as me anyway. Peace bro.

The Knicks are not a secont tier Franchise are you nuts. Look at what happend they got the second most telivised games this upcoming season if there is one. The Knicks are a storyied franchise with great history. It was just poorly ran for the last decade. The Knicks was fun to watch in the 90′s with the most rivals of any team in the league. The Knicks are in a good place now with Melo and STAT. The Knicks are now a very attractive destination and with a move or 2 we will be title contenders. So stop hating on the Knicks the have the best and most passionate fans in the world wth the best city on the planet backing them up. GO KNICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!